Confocal Microscopy for Nocardia Keratitis

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1645-1650

  Vaddavalli, Pravin K ^a   Garg, Prashant ^a   Sharma, Savitri ^a   Thomas, Ravi ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATITIS; MALE; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NOCARDIA ASTEROIDES; NOCARDIA INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33747885608     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.03.054     Document Type: Article

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